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ELIJAH LONGLEY 



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Rev. Akhur Wii.Lis Si'AM"iikI), M.A , B.D. 



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ELIJAH LONGLEY 



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DESCENDANTS: A CONTRIBUTION 



TOWARD A 



LONGLEY GENEALOGY 



BY 



ARTHUR WILLIS STANFORD 



PRINTED 

15Y 

THE FUKUIN PRINTING Co., Ltd., 
KOBE BRANCH. 



1909 



FOREWORD. 



The name Langley, with Longley and other variants, is a 
nature-name, derived from the Anglo-Saxon lang leak, an 
extended meadow, pasture, or open grassy field. Langley is 
nearer the original than the more Anglicized T.ongley, by 
which, apparently, the large majority who bear the name, are 
known. So far as we are aware, no member of this great 
family has compiled a comprehensive Longley genealogy, nor, 
indeed, has any large branch of the family been presented. 
In these times, when so much attention is paid to family 
history, it suggests an absence of family pride, on our part, 
that we are not worthily represented by a large Longley book. 
Members interested in the subject are not wanting, who already 
have considerable material, and who are still collecting data. 
Mr. Wm. Edmund Longley, of Oak Park, 111., with A. C. 
McClurg and Co., publishers, Wabash Av., Chicago, and Mr. 
Geo. Wason Longley, of Maiden, Ms., with a Boston printing 
firm, are examples. The former belongs to the Shirley-Hawley 
(Mass.) branch, has a record not only of that branch, but also 
of Longleys of various other branches, and is widely known 
among Longleys as a collector of material. The latter belongs 
to the Shirley-Peterboro (N. H.) branch. The writer belongs 
to the Shidey Longleys, and, thru exchange with Mr. Wm. 
E. Longley and otherwise, has accumulated material covering 
considerable more than his own branch. Of the published 
.sources. Chandler's History of Shidey (Shidey, 1883) and 
Atkins' History of Hawley (West Cummington, 1887) are 
fundamental ; the Longley genealogy in the former, was pub- 
lished also separately (Fitchburg, 1884). Butler's History of 
Groton (Boston, 1848), Green's Groton Records, and his Groton 
Epitaphs, Appleton's English Captives in Canada, in the N. E. 
H. G. R., p. 159. Vol. 28, Apl, 1874, Lewis's History of 
Lynn (Boston, 1865), and Hodgman's History of Westford 
(1883) contain information. 

The writer's grandfather married Betsy Stone, descended 
from an old English family; she was the daughter of Jonas 
Stone, of Groton, a descendant of Simon, who sailed from 
London, Apl 15, 1635. Her descent may be traced in Wm. 



FOREWORD. 

K. Stone's The English Ancestry of Simon and Gregory Stone 
(Boston, 1897); H. L. Merscreau's Descendants of Simon Stone 
of Watertown, Mass., 1635, pp. 90-94, N. Y. Gen. and Biog, 
Rec, Vol. 27, 1896; cf. also N. E. H. G. R., Vol. 3, p. 182; 
Vol. 8, p. 71 ; Vol. 10, p. 229 ; Bond's History of Watertown. A 
few years ago David H. Brown contributed an article on " Dea. 
Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., and some of his Descend- 
ants," to the N. E. H. G. R., which was reprinted separately 
by the Society, and offered to genealogists as a " specimen of 
the Register Plan for arranging genealogies." This article 
brings Betsy Stone's ancestors no farther down than Joseph, b.- 
Mch 8, 1702, who m. Mary Prescott ; among their children 
was Jonas, b. Groton, Nov. 11, 1737, d. there Apl 26, 1816. 
He m. Rebecca Fletcher, b. Westford, 1742, daughter of 

Eieut. Timothy Fletcher and Mary . Rebecca d. Groton, 

Jan. 27, 1824, aged eighty-two. Among their children was 
my grandmother, Betsey Stone. For her second husband, she 
m. her cousin, John Fletcher. See Flodgman's History of 
Westford, and the Fletchers of Westford, Seventh Branch, pp. 
189, 190, in Edw. H. P"letcher's The Descendants of Robert 
Fletcher, of Concord, Mass. (N. Y., 1881); also, pp. 33, 34. 
The cemeteries, and town records of Shirley, Groton and West- 
ford contain important material about the three families. 

T.R. denotes Town or City Record, and indicates that the 
official records in the clerk's office are authority for the 
preceding statement, f.b. denotes Family Bible, as the origin, 
v.s. denotes Vital Statistics as the source, and refers to the 
series of volumes giving births, marriages and deaths in Mass. 
towns, from the earliest period of record down to 1850. G.R. 
denotes Gravestone Record, 

The compiler expresses his thanks to the many members 
of the family, who have so kindly aided by furnishing infor- 
mation, and he would esteem it a favor if all members would 
continue to report to him births, marriages, deaths, changes in 
occupation, or residence, and other items of family interest. 

Arthur Willis Stanford, 

53 Go Chome, Yamamoto Dori, 
July 5, 1909. Kobe, Japan. 



Forbears of Elijah Longley. 



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Richard Longley was at Lynn, in 1635 ; his son, William, 
was at Groton, in 1659, and died there, Nov. 29, 1680.'^ Wil- 
liam, Jr., who is supposed to have been born at Lynn, married 
Deliverance Crisp, at Groton, where both, with five of their 
children, were murdered by the Lidians, July 27, 1694. The 
thrilling story of this Groton Massacre is found in the histories 
of Groton and Shirley.^ At the present day, an artistic monu- 
ment of green stone, set in a granite base, and erected by 
Groton, in 1879, marks the supposed site of the house and 
scene of butchery, in a field, somewhat back from the highway 
leading to Pepperell, and called Longley St., perhaps a mile 
and a half from town. The face of the monument bears the 
inscription : 

Here Dwelt 

WILLIAM AND DELIVERANCE LONGLEY 

With Their Eight Children. 

On the 27TH OF July, 1694 

The Indians Killed the Father and Mother 

And Five of the Children ' 

And Carried into Captivity 

The Other Three. 

On the rear : 

This Site is the Gift of Zachariah Fitch. 

From the spot one gets a beautiful view of the New 
Hampshire hills, blue and hazy in the chill, November after- 
noon ; the land about is very rolling, and the monument 
crowns one of the knolls, while just below a nd back of this, is 

a Butler's Hist. Groton, 416. 

b Butler, 93f ; Green's Groton, in Kurd's Hist. Middlesex Co. (Phila, 1S90), 
Vol. 2, pp. 5i2ff.; in Drake's Hist. Mid. Co. (Boston, 18S0), Vol. i, p. 45^5 
Chandler, 52of, 



FORBEARS OF ELIJAH LONGLEY. 

a narrow run, between the chain of knolls which flank it on 
either side, down which flows a winding brooklet, adding 
charm to the scene. 

The three children who were spared and led into captivity, 
were Betty, Lydia and John; the first died in 1694, soon after 
her capture ; the second was taken to Canada and fell into the 
hands of the French, under whose influence she was baptized'' 
into the Roman Catholic Church, Apl 24, i6g6, and became 
a nun, at Montreal, where she passed a long life, with firm faith 
in the truth and sanctity of her adopted communion. So 
earnest and zealous was she that she endeavored to convert 
her brother, John, to that faith. She was born at Groton, Apl 
14, 1674, and died at her convent, July 20, 1758, aged eighty- 
four years. 

On the other hand, John, who was born at Groton, in 
1682, and was about twelve years old when taken captive, was 
kept by the Abenaqui Indians, with whom he lived for nearly 
five years, until he came to feel so much at home that he 
decidedly preferred to become a " big Indian " rather than the 
influential citizen he was later on. When his redemption was 
undertaken, altho his captors were willing, he strenuously ob- 
jected ; but his release was ultimately negotiated, and he settled 
in his old town, where he was town clerk, from 1723 to 1726, 
and in 1728 and 1729. A few years later he made, before liis 
brother-in-law, a formal deposition about his captivity : " John 
Eongley of Groton, of about 54 years of age Testifies and Saith 
that he was taken Captive by the Indians at Groton, in July, 
1694, and lived in captivity with them more than four years, 
and the last two years and a half, at Penobscot, as Servant to 
Madocawando of Sd. Panobscot, and he was always accounted 
as Chief or one of ye chief Sachems or Captains among the 
Indians there, and I have often seen the Indians sitting in 
Council where he always sat as Chief and once in particular 
I observed a present was made him of a considerable number 
of skins of considerable value, as an acknowledgment of his 
superiority. 



« See a translation of the record of her baptism in Green's Groton (Hurd), 
513.— English Captives in Canada, by Wm. S. Appleton, N. E. H. G. R., Vol. 
28, p. 159, Apl, 1874. "Lydia Madeleine Longlcy, dau. of Wm., of Groton, 
near Boston, and Deliverance (Crisp), b. Apl 12, 1674, in Groton, taken in July, 
1694, by the Abenaquis, bapt. 24 Apl, 1696, in Montreal, resides at the Con- 
gregation of Notre Dame." These facts are found in a Dictionnairc Gcnealogique 
des Families Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonic jusqu' a nos Jours, 
par I'Abbe C. Tanguay, A. D. S. Frcmier Vol. Depuis 1608 jusqu' a 1700, 
Quebec, 187 1, pp. XXXIX, 623. 



FORBEARS OF ELIJAH LONGLEY. 

John Longley, 
Middx. Ss, Groton, July 24th, 1736." 

" Deacon John Longley, above named, personally appearing 
Made oath to ye Truth of the above written Testimony. 

Before me, Benja Prescott, Juse of peace." 

John married Sarah Prescott, by whom he had three sons 
and two daughters; she died at Groton, Mch 8, 171 8, and 
he married Deborah Houghton, who bore him seven children. 
He d. at Groton, May 25, 1750, aged sixty-seven years. His 
grave, with that of his second wife, is in the old cemetery at 
Groton, along with others of our ancestors. The old stones 
have a death's head at the top, with the following inscriptions 
below : " Here lies buried ye Body of Deacon John Longley, 
who departed this Life May ye 25th, A.D. 1750 in ye 68th 
Year of his Age" — "Memento mori [death's head]. Here 
lies the Body of Mrs. Deborah Longley, Relict of Deacon 
John Longley, who departed this Life Novbr. the 7th A.D. 
1763, in the 72d Year of her Age." 

Our entire family of Longleys springs from this John, 
whose descendants are numerous. His oldest child was Wil- 
liam, b. at Groton, Feb. 7, 1708, who m. Mary Parker, of 
Groton, Jan. 4, 1734, by whom he had twelve children. He d. 
at Shirley, May 15, 1788. 

The third child of William was William, b. at Groton, 
May 23, 1738, who m. Lydia Warrensford (or Wallingford, as 
her granddaughter, my mother, used to call her). Lydia was 
from Lancaster, and they were m. Aug. 8, 1763; they had 
nine children, b. at Shirley. The inscription on his stone, at 
Shirley, where he d., reads : " In memory of JMr. William 
Longley, who d. Janr. 9, 18 13, in the 75th year of his age. 
That Sovereign God who set my bounds. Saw fit to take my 
breath, Be ready then each hour you live. To meet an instant 
death " — an illustration of the Puritanical custom of preaching a 
sermon on the tombstone, as well as at the funeral. 

Their eighth child was the writer's grandfather, Elijah 
Longley. 



Elijah Longley and His 
Descendants. 



Elijah Longley' {Willimn^' William;' /oJiJi* William,^ 
Williavi'^- Richarcf) b. at Shirley, July 15, 1778, in. at 
Groton, Apl 17, 1805, t.r., Betsey"^ Stone, b. at Groton, Je 
13, 1782/' dau. of Jonas Stone and Rebekah'^ Fletcher, of 
Groton. When a youth he broke his arm, and because he 
could not work for a time, he was sent to study at Groton 
Academy and found his wife at Groton. His education was 
superior to that of his brothers. He was six feet tall, very 
straight, had brown hair and sandy beard. He was a miller, 
like his father. Aug. 20, 1803, his brother, Ivory and wife, 
in consideration of $400, deeded to Elijah ten acres, with 
buildings, in South Shirley, bordering on Jonathan Farns- 
worth's land — the line running over a creek and along a 
brook to the fordway, s. w. as the road goes from the ford- 
way, then w. to the road. Oct. 25, 1806, Elijah sold this 
property (estimated at "12 acres more or less") to John 
Henry, of Lunenburg, for $500. Betsey also signed the deed. 
Elijah took a mortgage on this for $311, and discharged it 
Nov. 30, 18 10. May 27, 18 15, Edward Staples, of Shirley, 

sold "6 acres more or less to Betsey Longley, wife of 

Elijah Longley, of Shirley, in her own right, land in the 

southerly part of Shirley," beginning on its n. w. corner " at 

1 Descendant of Simon Stone, b. Feb. 9, 1586, at Much Bromley, Essex 
Co., Eng., and settled at AYatertown, Mass., about 1635. Simon,l Simon,2 
Simon,^ Josei)h,-' Jonas,5 Betsey." Sec, " Dea. Simon Stone of \\"atcrtc>\vn, Mass., 
and Some of his Descendants," by David H. Brown, in N. E. II. G. R., and 
furnished by the N. E. H. & G. So. as a specimen for arranging genealogies. 

''' Butler, 439. 

c Rebecca Fletcher was dau. of Timothy Fletcher, of ^^■estford, and was 
b. on the Patten jilace. The inscription on her father's stone, at Wcstford, 
reads, " Memento mori. Erected in Memory of Lieut. Timothy Fletcher, who 
departed this life May 7, 17S0, in the 73d year of his age." His commission 

was from King George. Her mother was Mary . Rebecca had a brother, 

John, b. at Westford, Nov. 4, 1751, who m. at Westford, Nov. 30, 1773, 
Elizabeth Perry, by whom he had John, b. at Westford, May 30, 1774. 
See p. 6. 

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ELIJAH LONGLKY AND 

the side of the townway." Elijah lived and d. of fever, hug;. i8, 
1821,'^ T.K., on what was known (1882) as the Dexter Bruce 
place, near the railway, at Shirley Village''^ He was buried 
at Shirley Center, without stone. 

Betsey ni. (2) at Shirley [int/ there Feb. 9, 1823, 
T.K.] Apl — , 1823 [no record], her cousin, John Fletcher,''' 
b. at Wcstford, May 30, 1774, son of John Fletcher^ and 
Elizabeth Perry, by whom she had two children, Timothy 
and Nathan./ She d. of "consumption," at Eunenburg, Dec. 
29, 1869, and was buried there in the North Yard, t.r., with 
stone bearing the inscription: "In memory of our Mother, 
Mrs. Betsey Fletcher Formerly wife of Elijah Longley 
Died Dec. 29, 1869, ae. 87 yrs., 6 mos." The writer was 
nearly eleven years old, and remembers going with his mother, 
from Chelmsford, to attend the funeral. It was a very cold 
day and snowing, as we walked from the house to the 
Cong'l Church. During this procession, the church bell — 
the "passing-bell" — tolled out slowly and solemnly the eighty- 
seven strokes. 

Otis, b. at Shirley, May 6, 1806. 

Jonas, b. at Shirley, Oct. i, 1808. 

Levi, b. at Shirley, Dec. 11, 1810, d. there unmarried, 
July 18, 1843. 

Nahum, b. at VVestford, Mch 16, 181 3. 

Rebecca Serena, b. at Shirley, Oct. 14, 181 5. 

« On a loose sheet in Shirley town records, we found, in 1905, a 
physician's (name not given) return of deaths from 1819 to 1825 inclusive. 
Among the 37 "Names of persons who have d. since I came to town. My 
patients" were tlie following Longleys: 1820 Saml. H., 1S21 son of Joseph; 
wife of Wm. ; F.lijaJi. ; 1825, Feb. 27, wife of Abel. 

''' On our visit to Shirley Village, I905, we identified this place, a little 
out of the village, on the road to Ayer. It is now known as the Staples place. 

c Betsey's int. of m. with Elijah and John are recorded at Shirley, in 
Book No. 1, pjx I, 45. 

d John was a bachelor farmer, nearly fifty years old, when he married. 
His father's stone, in the West Cemetery, at ^^■estford, reads, "Erected in 
memory of Mr. John Fletcher, who d. Jan. 4, 1810, act. 58. A firm Christian, 
a tender and affectionate husband and father, a firm patriot and an honest man." 
A S. A. ]\. marker stands at his grave; lie was a private in Capt. Timothy 
Underwood's company. Col. Wm. Brescott's regiment of Minute Rlen, on the 
Lexington Alarm, Apl 19, 1775. 'I he son, John, d. at Townsend, Je 30, 
1853.' John,"^ John,!! Timothy" (b. Chelmsford, 1707), I'aul' (b. about 1683 in 
Chelmsford?), Joshua^! (b. Concord), William'-^ (b. England, 1622), Robertl 
(settled at Concord, 1630). 

e See note c p. 5. 

f Timothy, b. Weslford, Jan. 16, 1S24, d. Bepperell, Feb. 4, 1901. Nathan, 
b. Westford, Aug. 18, 1826, d. there Sep. 21, 1827. 



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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

7 6. Elizabeth, b. at Shirley, Jc lo, 1818. 

8 7- Sarah Ann, b. at Shirley, Aug. 30. 1S20. 



Otis Longley' {Elijah:^ William^' William;' Jol in, ^ Wil- 
liam^ WilLiamr Richard^) m.« at Westford, Dec. 23, 1830, 
by Rev. Leonard Luce (Cong'l), Nancy Locke Goodhue^ b. 
at Westford, May 29, 1809, dau. of John Goodhue and Sarah 
Tuttle, T.R.; she d. at Springfield, Oct. 3, 1866, aged 54 yrs.,_4 
mos., 4 da., of dysentery, and was buried at Westford, in 
Fairview Cemetery [Spring, and Westf. t.r.], with stone. 

His name is on the tax rolls from 1828 to 1849 inclusive, 
as resident at Westford, and then as non-resident until 1852. 
Feb. 5, 1829, Otis bought his father-in-law's farm of forty-two 
acres, with house and barn, in the northeast part of Westford ; 
also a twenty acre woodlot at Rabbit Swamp, in the north 
part of the town, bounded by the land of Theo. W^oodward, 
Jesse Hildreth and Wm. Chandler; the purchase was condi- 
tioned on John and Betsey Fletcher having the use of the 
premises for life, with exception of three acres north of the 
proposed new road, adjoining the old and new roads, ^and 
lately belonging to Eleazar Reed.^ 'Later Otis purchased from 
Albert Leighton, a small place at Westford ^center, one of the 
homestead lots into which Leighton had cut up a large tract, 
between the center and the station— bought of Peltiah Fletcher. 
Otis lived in number one school district, and as eaisily as 1833. 
was taxed on $1,100 of real estate ; on $765 in 1846 ; on $1,165 
in 1847 and 1849; on $2,330 in 1850; on $1,730 in 185 1 ; on 
$1,600 in 1852, after which his name never appears. He re- 
moved to Shirley in 1849, and sold his place at Westford, in 
185 1, to Chas. L. Fletcher (still living in Westford, 1905), 
who, three years later, Oct., 1854, sold ti Alvan Fisher. He 
was a carpenter, so designated in a dee/ i| 1829, and worked 
at his trade till after the death of his wife. He was emplo\'cd 
at Wason's Car Shop, Springfield, for some time, but not many 
years after his wife's death, he went to Chicago, where his 
.son, Albert, was, and engaged, wit h the latter, in a meat-shop 

a Hodgman's Hist. Westf., 392, 450. 

l> For luer genealogy, sad Hodgm., 450. 

c Mid. Keg. Deeds, 385, p, 34'S; 2S5, p. 351. 



ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 

business, until burned out in the great fire, Oct., 1871. bi 
the late seventies and during the eighties, he made his home 
with his sister, Mrs. Stanford, at Lowell, but returned to Chica- 
go, in the autumn of 1890, with his daughter-in-law, Alice. 

In the Lowell Daily Courier, May 28, 1886, appeared the 
following : " Family Reunion. — Thursday, being the eightieth 
birthday of Mr. Otis Longley, a good number of his relatives 
and friends paid him a visit at the residence of Mrs. 11. Stanford, 
his sister, Nos. 3 and 4 Dutton St. The brothers and sisters, 
six in number, were all together on this occasion, for the first 
time in fifty years. Their united ages arc four hundred thirty- 
eight years, the oldest being eighty, the youngest nearly 
sixty-six; they are besides the host, Mr. Jonas Longley, of 
Lunenburg, Mr. Nahum Longley, of So. Royalston— formerly 
postmaster there, a position now filled by his son, James, who 
came with his wife — Mrs. R. S. Seaver, of Tyngsboro, who was 
accompanied by her husband, Mrs. E. Stanford, and Mrs. S. A. 
French, of Lowell. A cousin, Mr. B. F. Stone, of Nashua, in 
his eighty-fifth year, was present. Besides these, there were 
nieces'' and nephews from this city, three generations being 
represented. Mr. Longley is a native of Massachusetts, and 
has spent most of his life in his native state. In his youth, as a 
carpenter, he was employed in erecting the first mill and first 
church, in this city. Later in life, he was, for a while, in 
business in Chicago, wher§, at one time, with his son, Albert, he 
kept the well-known Massasoit House, at present owned by the 
latter. Mr. Longley values a fine Bible presented to him on his 
birthday, by a niece [Mrs. Sarah French Maker]. In the early 
part of the day he sat for his picture, at Hay den's studio, and 
obtained a fine likeness." 

Altho oldest of the family, he attained a greater age 
than any except the youngest, who still lives (1909) at the 
age of nearly eighty-nine ; but he did not retain his mental force 
to the end, and died of senility, at Chicago, Je i, 1893, t.k., 
and was buried at ,Westford, t.k., in Fairview Cemetery, wilh 
stone. 
9 I. Charles Otis, b. Westford, Nov. 24, 1831. 

10 2. Albert Minot, b. there Sep. 9, 1840, d. there July 18, 

1843, buried in Fairview Cemetery, with inscription on 
monument. 

11 3. Albert Warren, b. there Oct. 12, 1848, m. at St. I,ouis, 

Jc 10, 1877, Alice Ethel Hall, b. La Crosse, Wise, 
about i86o(?) They have no children. He has long 



HIS DESCENDANTS. 

been head of the Eonglcy, Low and Alexander Co., 
dealers in liats, caps, etc., 193-195 Adams St., Cliicago. 



Jonas Longley^ {lllijah; VVilliani^' WiUiajii;' JoJin,^ 
William;' Willimnr Richard^) ni. at Boston, Apl 16, 1840, by 
Rev. Edward T. Taylor, IMary Dakin Bowers, t.r , of Towns- 
end, b. Shirley, Lun. t.r., Eeb. 8, 1806, dan. of Nathaniel 
Bowers and Eleanor Heald. After marriage they spent some 
years at Townsend, but lived most of their life at Lunenburg, 
where she d. of heart disease, Mch 27, 1881, t.r., aged seventy- 
five years, one month, nineteen days, and he, of mental paralysis, 
Sep. 2, 1889, aged eighty years, eleven months, one day, t.r. 
Both were buried there in North Cemetery ; she alone has a 
stone. He was a farmer ; in mid-life, while nursing his brother, 
Timothy Fletcher, he absorbed poisonous matter from the 
wound, into his right hand, causing a running sore, which 
destroyed the use of the hand, and from which a putrid 
discharge ever after flowed. An obituary referred to him as 
"a much respected citizen of Lunenburg, a devout and con- 
sistent member of the Congregational church." 

1. Hiram Wilder, b. Townsend, Jan. 7, 1841. 

2. Charles Bowers, b. there, Apl 26, 1845. 



Nahum Longley' {Elijah;' William,'- William,' John,' 
William^ William:' Richard^) m. at Royalston, Apl 7, 1840, 
Elizabeth Rider Cass, born at Richmond, N. H.. July 17, 
1820,'^ daughter of Luther Cass and Sarah Bryant, F.r.. Cf. 
Hist. Richmond. 

"Last Tuesday morning [Feb 10, 1891] Royalston lost 
one of her most respected citizens, Mr. Nahum Longlcy ; h e had 

a Bassett's Hist. Richmond (N. H.), P- 3^2 contains two errors: Elizabeth 
was b, 1S20, and she m. Nahinii Lont^lcy. 



ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 

been sick for five months, and the latter [xut of the time, a 
great sufferer ; the disease was cholemia, or blood poisoning by 
absorption of the bile. Mr. Eonglcy was born at Wcstford, 
Mass., Mch 16, 18 13. At the age of eight, his father being 
dead, and his mother having a number of children to care for, 
he was bound out to Dr. Howe, of Templeton, with whom he 
remained until he became of age. His thirst for knowledge 
was so intense as to induce him to saw wood, evenings, to 
enable him to purchase text-books. This enterprising spirit led 
Dr. Howe and others, to send him to school for a few terms, 
and he took advantage of every opportunity to add to liis know- 
ledge. After leaving Dr. Howe, he taught several terms in the 
town. At the age of twenty-seven he married Miss Cass, who 
survives him. Later we find him a foreman in the woolen mills 
at Otter River. In 1844 he moved to Ashuelot, N. H., where 
he was employed in the same capacity in the mills there. In 
1849 he moved to South Royalston, and worked in the Bullock 
Mills as foreman, until 1857, when he went to farming, which 
he followed as long as he was able to attend to it. He was 
conspicuous all thru life, for Christian integrity and simplicity of 
character. He would not deviate from a given course, if he 
believed it to be right; for instance, in 1857, while a member of 
the board of selectmen, and during the No [5/^]-nothing agita- 
tion, he was urged to join that party and was told he would 
lose his official head if he did not; he remained stcdfast to his 
conception of the right, and was defeated at the polls, at the 
next election, only to be reelected a few years later. He served 
as justice of the peace twenty-eight years, being appointed by 
Gov. Andrew, and successively reappointed by Govs. Bullock, 
Gaston and Long. Among the other positions of trust which 
he has held with credit, are: Clerk of the Second Cong'l 
Parish, twenty-five years ; trustee of the Bullock fund, thirty 
years; trustee of the Stowe school fund, twenty-six years; on 
the board of selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor, three 
years, at different times, and postmaster, seven years. He was a 
member of the Second Cong'l Church, and an active supporter 
of both church and parish. His familiar face will be .sadly 
mi.ssed from both Sunday and prayer-meeting services. The 
deceased leaves a widow, two sons, H. C. Longley, of Dana, 
and J. C. Longley, of this village. There are also living one 
brother, Otis Longley, Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Stanford, Lowell, and Mrs. .Sarah A. French, Tewksbury. Tiie 
funeral was held at the house, Thursday afLernoon, Rev. F. B. 
Knowlton, of Athol, officiating."-— Athol Transcript, Feb. 17, 



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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

i8gi. She died at South Royalston, Apl 20, 1900. They 
were buried there, with monument. 

14 I. Henry Clay, born at Templeton, Jan. 9, 1841. 

15 2. James Cass, born at Richmond, N. H., May 12, 1844, 

married at Westboro, Jan. 24, 1877, by Rev. II. P. 
DeForest (Cong'l), Ellen Lucrctia Clark, t.r., born at 
Royalston, Oct. 21, 1845, daughter of Timothy Clark 
and Mary Ann Sprague. They have no children and 
reside at South Royalston. He is Ass't Postmaster. 

16 3. Charles Nahum, born at Winchester, N. II., Aug. 16, 

1847, T.K. ; died there, Sep. 13, 1847, and was buried 
at South Royalston. 

17 4- Daughter, born at Winchester, Sep. 10, 1849, t.r., and 

died there, Sep. 15, 1849. 



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Rebecca Serena Longley^ {Elijah^' WilUavi^ William,^ 

John,^ William^ William;' RicJianf) m.' at Westford, Feb. 5, 
1843, Chauncey I,ewis Burnell, born at Bridgeport, Conn., 
Dec. 22, 1 8 19. He deserted her after a few years, and has 
never been heard from since. He drove a tin- pedlar's cart. 
Their home was at Townsend.'^ She made her home for 
many years, at lAinenburg, where, May i [2, t.r.], 1868, 
she married, by Rev. Alfred Goldsmith (Cong'l), Lewis Hamlet 
Seaver, born at Medfield, Feb. 14, 1808, oldest child of 
Samuel Seaver and Lucy Murdoch, v.s. She was from 
Lunenburg and he, from Waltham. He early worked at the 
Lowell Machine Shop. He was a mechanic, or machinist, 
and for some years worked for the Waltham Watch Co. They 
lived for several years on a farm, at Candia, N. H., later, at 

"■ Mch 3, 1852, Serena liumell bouijht of Joseph Warner, of Groton, for 
$15, half an acre of land in the s. e. part of Townsenil, on the e. side of the 
road from Townsend to Lunenburg, and bordering on land of Jonatlian I'icrcc 
and Jonas Longley. I'his deed was signed by Joseph and Rebecca Warner, 
the latter a sister of Serena's mother, and an aunt, after whom Serena was 
named, and acknowledged before Caleb Butler, J. P., author of the Mist, of 
(Proton. Serena was living at Townsend then. Sej). 4, 1856, Rebecca S. 
J lUirnell, of Shirley, sold th'is property for $20, to Albert Adams, of Townsend, 
and it is described as bordering on land of Jonathan Tierce and Kli/abeth 
Stanford,— the latter, a sister of Serena. Mid. Keg. Deeds, 759, pp. 316(1. 

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I^LIJAII LONGLEY AND 

Lowell, where he was employed at the Tremont and Suffolk 
Mills, and, finally, at Tyngsboro, on a small place near the 
center, where they both died, — she, of dropsy, Mch 28, 
1888, aged seventy-two years, five months, fourteen days, 
T.K., and he, of old age, Apl 21, 1888, aged eighty years, 
T.K. They were buried there, with stones, in Sherborn's 
Cemetery.' They had no children. He was, in the truest 
.sense, a godly man, one of the most consistent of Christians, 
of extreme humility and modesty, whose Christian influence 
was persistently and increasingly impressive, without being in 
any way obtrusive. His piety was as spontaneous as his 
respiration. A finer gentleman we have never met, tho we 
have seen many men in many lands. Gratitude and a cheerful 
spirit, even under most adverse circumstances, were key notes 
of his cliaracter.'^ 

18 I- Henry Lewis, born at Townsend, IMch 18, 1844. 

19 2. Mary Jeanette, born at Townsend, Mch 16, 1846. 

20 3- Martha Jane, born a twin to Mary. 



Elizabeth. Longley' {Elijah^ William^ Willimn,'' John,' 
Williavi^ IViiliaiii;' Richard^) m. at Lowell, Aug. 6 (i.t.r., 
is wrong), 1854, by Rev. Eben B. Foster (Cong'l), Wrantslow 
Stanford/' born at Chesterfield, N. H., Mch 19, 1812, f.p.., son 
of Abner Stanford and Sarah Mackentire. They first lived at 
Lowell about five years, where he was a carpenter at the INIerri- 
mack Manufacturing Co., then at Lunenburg, while he worked 

a See Tilden's Medfield, pp. 477f. His grandparents, Joshua and Hannah 
Seaver, were residents at Medfield in 1769, she d. there 18 12, and he d. there, 
1837, aged ninety-five years. His father, Samuel, b. there 1780, m. there, 1S07, 
kept store and was the town's first postmaster, 1807-9. ^^^ removed to 
Waltham and d. tlicrc, Aug. 7, 182 1, aged forty-two years, T.R. Tilden's 
statement that Samuel Seaver moved " to Medway and to ^^■alpole where he died," 
is probably all wrong, certainly so as to place of death, as proved by Waltham 
city records. The graves of Samuel, his wife, and some of their children, are in 
Grove St.* Cemetery, Waltham. Lewis m. (i) at Waltham, Jan. 30, 1834, Mary 
Ann Wooly, 'i-.K., 'who d. there May 19, 1836, aged twenty-seven, g.k., and 
was buried there, with stone, in Grove Hill Cemetery, lot 591, Fairview .-Vv. 
He m. (2) there, Nov. 9, 1841, I.ephc Chandler, T.ii., who d. there Je 22, 
1864, aged fifty-two years, buried there, with stone, as above. He was then 
(1841) living at Newton. , 

/' Wrantslow,G Abner.s Caleb,4 David,^ Thomas,2 Thomas,l of Concord, 
Mass., 1644. See my Stanford Genealogy, Yokohama, 1906. 

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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

at Wason's car shop, Springfield, then May 6, 1862, they 
bought of Jacob Spaulding, a farm of eighty-two acres, known 
as the Marshall farm, in the eastern part of Chelmsford, on the 
county road to Billerica. Apl 11, 1871 they sold the farm to 
Michael Sullivan (Middlesex No. Reg. Deeds, Vol. 34, p. 189; 
83, p. 295), and removed to Lowell, to keep a boarding house, 
on Hall St., Tremont Corp. They moved to Chicopee, in 
1873, to conduct such a house on Perkins St., D wight Corp. 
In the summer of 1875, they returned to Lowell, to open 
another house, at Nos. 3 and 4 Dutton St., Merrimack Corp., 
which she continued until 1886, when she retired from active 
life. He d. there, of pneumonia, Apl 29, 1876, and was 
buried, with stone, in the family lot, Edson Cemetery. He 
was a skilful carpenter, as fond and careful of his tools as 
a student is of his books. Failing health compelled him to 
relinquish his trade for open air industry, in hope of im- 
provement in health. He was consumptive and often some 
extra strain of hard, summer work, would produce temporary 
illness, with severe hemorrhage ; after nine years' hard labor, 
the conviction that the constant strain during half of each 
year, was becoming too great a tax on his health, at his 
age of fifty-nine, as well as the earnest desire to afford their 
children better educational advantages, and to find a means 
by which the family might accumulate a little nioney, in 
addition to a mere subsistence, so as to provide for both 
failing health and the needs of the children, led to the 
disposal of the farm and removal to the city. He was a 
kind father, indulgent to his children, and altho never saying 
as much against intoxicants, tobacco, profanity and vulgarity 
as our mother, he set us a model in all these lines. In 
his youth he smoked a brief time, but once as he was 
passing the house of a girl-friend, with pipe in his mouth, 
she called out, " Why do you keep that dirty thing in your 
mouth? " He threw the pipe away and never smoked again.« 

Elizabeth worked constantly and industriously thru her 
young womanhood, to earn her own living, assist her mother 
and " get ahead." She was very thrifty and provident, and, 
before her marriage, owned several small properties in the 
country. On the eve of marriage we find her providing for 
her mother by the following deed : 

"This indenture, made the first day of August, 1854, 
witnesseth that I, Elizabeth Longley, of Lunenburg, County 



a See SxANFOiiP Genealogy, p. 22, for bis early life and first marriage. 

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ELIJAH I.ONGLEY AND 

of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, singlewoman, 
do hereby lease, demise, and let unto Iktsey Fletcher, of 
said Lunenburg, widow, a certain farm situated in said Lunen- 
burg, containing about twelve acres, with the buildings thereon, 
with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, 
it being the estate deeded to me by David l^artlett and now 
occupied by said ]3ctsey Fletcher, to hold for the term of 
and during the natural life of the said Betsey Fletcher, from 
this first day of August, yielding and paying therefor the 
rent of one dollar, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged 

Li witness whereof, I, the said Elizabeth Longley, have 
hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid. 

[Signed] Elizabeth Longley. 

Signed, sealed and delivered 
in presence of 

Thomas Billings." 

Apl 1 8, 1853, for $100, she bought of John Proctor, 
Jr., of Townsend, half an acre, with buildings, in the southeast 
part of Townsend, on the road from Joel Searle's to Jonathan 
Pierce's, and adjoining land of the latter, "on condition of 
forever keeping a good fence around it." The witnesses to 
this deed were Myra A. Proctor^ and Lucy A. Proctor, 
daughters of the owner. This property was sold Sep. 20, 
1856, to Elisha Withington. of Townsend, for $160, by 
VVrantslow Stanford, of Lowell, "in right of my wife," and 
Fllizabeth Stanford, wife of said VVrantslow, " in my own right." 
(Middlesex Reg. Deeds, Vol. 759, p. 3i8ff.) 

While living at Chicopee, her characteristic desire to 
own a home, to which she could retire, in emergency, led 
her to purchase, Aug. 17, 1874, land and buildings in 
Centralville, Lowell, upon which a mortgage was paid off 
Oct. 25, 1876 (Middlesex No. Reg. Deeds, Vol. 104, p. 
483; 121, p. 200. Cf. 136, p. 210). 

She came to Lowell from Westford, in 1833, when but 
fifteen, to work in the mills as spinner, at a time when employees 
were largely Americans, including such as Lucy Larcom, am- 
bitious, self-respecting, and respected, and regular attendants at 

« At the very time (1905) when the writer, in searching llie Mid. Ret^istry 
of Deeds, discovered these facts, Miss Myra A. I'roctor was a member of the 
same household, at Auburndale, Mass. 

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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

church. She was a member of that small society worshipping 
in Lowell's town hall, 1834, when Rev. Giles Pease, ]\I.D., was 
pastor for a few years. She was an early, and, we believe, a 
charter member of John Street Congregational Church, and 
remained in its communion till death. She was a firm Christian, 
always a worthy example of her profession, constantly instilling 
in her children, a profound respect for Christianity, by her 
practice even more than by her precept ; hers was a very 
modest, humble, but earnest profession, whose sincerity and 
influence were ever apparent. She had a thirst for knowledge, 
which her scant schooling and strenuous life of hard toil never 
permitted her to satisfy. In youth she attended an indifferent, 
country school, in a little, red school-house, at Westford, where 
she learned the mere rudiments of an education. After working 
a short time in the Lowell mills, she paid her own tuition, for a 
term or two, at the famous Westford Academy, and one of her 
pleasantest experiences, at the very end of her life, was revisiting 
that Academy, on its centennial, Je 17, 1892, less than four 
months before her decease. The humility with which she 
always recognized this educational deficiency and the high 
appreciation she as constantly evinced for education, impressed 
her children with a strong sense of the value of education. It 
was not strange that she was ever eager that her children should 
have the best adv^antages of local schools and be kept consecu- 
tively at school. Each of her children had the opportunity to 
go as far in educational lines, as he pleased, and always found 
a sympathetic helper in his motlier. Tho possessed of little 
learning of the schools, she learned much in the school of life ; 
a woman with strength of character and force of mind, she 
acquired a good practical knowledge of affairs which concerned 
her family interests, and was the business end of the family, 
partly due to the ill-health of her husband for many years. 
Mr. Fletcher (of Nichols and Fletcher, Lowell) said of her, 
"She had an excellent judgment. I never knew a better busi- 
ness woman." Yet all thru life, her retiring nature shrank from 
business relations, and, time and again, she would say, " Well, 
it must be done ; there's no use in dreading it. I'll do the best 
I can, and that's all I can do. I suppose I'll get thru it some- 
how." Witli humility and shrinking modesty, she also had 
resolute independence when facing duty or necessity. She 
w^ould act on the principle : " Grin and bear it," as she often 
exhorted her children to do, when some unpleasant experience 
came, yet she did so in no complaining mood — rather was this 
an expression of her courageous spirit. Economy and industry 

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ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 

were traits as conspicuous in lier as her unsparing devotion to 
her family. At fifty-three she faced the world with a sense of 
responsibility for the support of a consumptive husband and 
two children, who must be educated. She entered on an 
untried course, and after a few years' hard struggle, with many 
sleepless nights from worry and planning, attained a success in 
which she could rest assured of het children's education and of 
provision for her old age. No attempt is made to adequately 
characterize hLlizabeth Longlcy Stanford, and we shall close with 
the words of Mrs. Maria Louise Lord": "A noble woman, 
good as she could be, gone to her reward." She retired from 
business in 1886, and spent the rest of her life with her daughter, 
Mrs. Thomas, at 12 I3utterficld St., Lowell, where she died of 
heart failure, Oct. 11, 1892 and was buried, with stone, in the 
family lot. 
21 I- Arthur Willis, born at Lowell, Jan. 10, 1859, m. at 
Lowell, Sep. I, 1886, by Rev. Charles H. Willcox 
(Cong'l), Hannah Jane Pearson, b. at Lowell, Jan. 14, 
1856, dau. of John Pearson and Hannah Grimes. 
She is a graduate and former teacher of Abbot 
Academy, Andover. He prepared for college at 
the Lowell high school, spent freshman year at Dart- 
mouth College, then entered Amherst College, where 
he graduated B. A., in 1882 ; he graduated B. D. from 
Yale Divinity School, in 1885, and pursued a year of 
graduate study there, in 1886; in this year he became 
M. A. at Amherst, was appointed, during that summer, 
a missionary of the American Board and was ordained 
Sep. 15, in Lowell, at the First Cong'l Church, of 
which he and his wife were members ; they sailed Oct. 
19, for Japan, reaching Kyoto, their station, November 
17. He was professor of Old Testament literature and 
exegesis, in the theological department of the Doshisha, 
during nine years, while she engaged in evangelistic 
work among the churches, and taught, more or less, 
in the Doshisha girls' school and elsewhere. In 1894 
they spent three months in China and Korea. In Oct., 
1895, they left Japan, on furlo, returning to America 
via Suez Canal ; they visited many countries en route, 
spending some weeks in India, P^gypt and Palestine, 

« In a letter to the writer, some years after Elizabeth's death. Mrs. Lord 
was formerly wife of Dr. L. G. Stanford, step-son to Elizabeth. See Stanford 
Genkalogy, p. A9- 

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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

and some months in European countries, where they 
studied six months, at BcrHn. 

In 1897, they returned to Japan, via Hawaii, and 
were located at Kobe, Tottori, IMatsuyama and, again, 
at Kobe ; where they both taught several years in 
Kobe College, of which she was Acting Principal for 
two years. Serious ill-health, on his part, recjuired 
them to return to the United States, in July, 1903. 
They spent three months, in the summer of 1904, in 
Ireland, Scotland and England, largely in open air exer- 
cise. In Sep. of that year, she became superintendent 
of the Walker Missionary Home, at Auburndale, Mass., 
where they resided until May, 1907. In 1906, he 
conducted a party of tourists to Japan, and also visited 
Manila, Hongkong, Canton and Macau. While in Japan, 
he published " Stanford Genealogy " (which sec, p. 25). 
In Aug., 1907, they returned to Japan to resume their 
missionary work at Kobe, where they now reside. 

22 2. Anna Florence, born at Lunenburg, Jan. 4, 1862. 

8 

Sarah Ann Longley' [Elijah^ William^ William;^ John,* 
William'^ William: Richard^) married at Lowell, Nov. 15, 1842, 
by Rev. Mr. Burnap (Cong'l), Edmund French, Jr., born at 
Tewksbury, Mch 27, 1815, son of Edmund French, b. at 
Billerica, 1789, and Lydia Beard, b. at Tewksbury. They lived 
at Tewksbury about seven years, then at Townsend for a few 
years, and, finally, at Tewksbury, where he died, Sep. 9, 1876, 
and was buried there, with stone. He was a farmer. She soon 
removed to Lowell, where she has resided ever since— now at 
92 Hastings St. 

23 I. Sarah Elizabeth, born at Tewksbury, Nov. 6, 1843. 

24 2. George Edmund, born at Tewksbury, May I, 1846. 

25 3- Charles Albert, born at Tewksbury, Je 28, 1848. He 

was a carpenter, at Lowell, where he died of dropsy, 
Je I, 1S80; he was buried at Tewk.sbury, with stone. 
He was an Odd Fellow, buried under their auspices. 

26 4. Luther Alvin, born at Townsend, July 6, 1850, died at 

Tewksbury, July 23, 1854, and was buried there in the 
family lot, with stone. 

27 5- Alfred Edgar, born at Tewksbury, Sep. 10, 1S58, and 

resides, unmarried, with his mother, at Lowell. 

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ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 



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I 



Charles Otis Longley" {Otls,^ FJiJah;' William,'' Wil- 
licii>i;' John,' William ■• William;' Richard^) married at Sioux 
City, Iowa, Apl i8, 1871, Nellie Emelia Taylor, born at 
Nottingham, Eng., May 7, 1847, daughter of Thos. Taylor and 
Nellie Ryan. He was a carpenter, lived at James, Iowa, and, the 
last years, at Chicago, where he died of creeping paralysis, after 
an illness of nearly two years, Mch 31, 1891 ; he was buried first 
at Rose Hill cemetery, Chicago, t.r., but was removed in the 
following Je, to Fairview Cemetery, Westford, where he was 
buried in the family lot,« without inscription on the monument. 
She lives at 5649 Grove Av., Chicago. 

28 I. James Otis, b. at James, la., Dec. 29, 1871, lives unmar- 

ried, at Chicago, 5649 Grove Ave. He is a laborer. 

29 2. Charles Albert, b. there, Oct. 5, 1873, unmarried, and 

lives at Chicago, 5649 Grove Av. He is a driver, or 
teamster. 

30 3. Benjamin Franklin, b. there, Nov. 16, 1877. 

31 4. Nancy Amelia, b. there. May 17, 1881, m. at Chicago, 

Je I, 1904, by Rev. Wm. Ryan (Cath), Richard Patrick 
Pattee, b. there Mch 17, 1879, son of Ahira Pattec and 
Margaret Ryan. He is manager of a printing office, 
and they reside at Chicago. They have no children. 

32 5. Nellie Amelia, twin to Nancy, d. at James, la., Aug., 

1 88 1, and was buried there. 

33 6. Eva Ruth, b. at Chicago, Feb. 22, 1889, d. there three 

weeks old, and was buried there. 



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Hiram Wilder Longley" (Jomis,^ Elijah^ William,^ 
William-' /ohu,' William;' William; Richard^) m. at Cincin- 
nati, O., Sep. 15, 1869, Rosetta Lynah, b. at Wilmington, Del., 
Je 4, 1845; he d. at Dayton, Ky., Yeb. 3, 1890. She lives 

in Ohio. _^___^ 

a See Lowell Courier, Je 18, 189I. 

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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

34 I- Eleanor Mary (Nellie May), b. at Cincinnati, O., Dec. 

21, 1870. 

35 2. Charles Hiram, b. at Cincinnati, O., Jan. 25, 1873, 

unmarried and lives in Ohio. 



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Charles Bowers Longley" {Jonas!' Elijah !' William !' 
Williavil' Jolui,^ William J' ]\'illiam,^ Richard^) m. at Fitch- 
burg, Apl 26, 1870, by Rev. C. R. Harding, Janctte Elvira 
Gilchrist, Fitch, and Lun. t.r., dau. of Geo. S. Gilchrest and 
Lydia Elvira Hurd, b. there Dec. 6, 1853, Fitch, and Lun. t.k.; 
she d. of "consumption of the blood," at Lunenburg, Aug. 
15, 1874, aged twenty-years, eight months and nine days, and 
was buried there, in North Yard, t.r. 

He married (2) at Fitchburg, Je 21, 1882, by Rev. Chas. 
R. Harding, Mrs. Julia Emma (Lawrence) Burnell, born at 
California, Mich., July 29, 1846, dau. of James Henry Law- 
rence and Mary Bronson Goodman, t.r., by whom he has no 
children; they reside at Lunenburg. He enlisted Sep. 14, 
1 861, for the Civil War, in company H, twenty-third regiment 
Mass. Volunteers, and was mustered in Sep. 28, 1861 ; he was 
discharged for disability, Sep. 5, 1862. (.S>^ Record of the 
Mass. Vols., Vol. II. p. 436). He has the following Testi- 
monial : 

" Commonwealth of Massachusetts, To Chas. B. Longley, 
Co. B, 23rd Inf. — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, honor- 
ing the faithful services of her sons, who formed a part of the 
land and sea forces of the United States employed in suppress- 
ing Rebellion and maintaining the integrity of the Nation, has, 
by a resolution of the General Court of 1869, directed the 
undersigned to present you this Testimonial of the people's 
gratitude for your patriotism. 

Given at Boston, this 19th da)' of April, in the year of our 
Lord, 1870, By the Governor. 

Jas. A. Cunningham, Adjt. Gen'l. William Clafiin, Govern- 
or." 

He was in Capt. Wesley C. Sawyer's company ; Sawyer 
was from Harvard, Mass., and was a student at Harvard 
College, preparing for the Methodist ministry, but left his 
studies to go to war. " I was discharged at Newbern, N.C., 

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ELIJAH T.ONGLF.Y AND 

Sep. 5, 1862. I was under command of Gen. A. ¥.. Burnside 
at the batde of Roanoke Island." He was at Annapolis, and 
also in the battle of Newbern. 

He was a stone mason ; now, a hotel proprietor. They 
reside at Lunenburg, ]\Iass. 

36 I- George Hiram, born at Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24, 1872, 

died of lung fever, at Lunenburg, Je 8, 1872, aged three 
months fourteen days, buried there in North Yard.T.R. 

37 2. Hattie Musetta, born at Lunenburg, Oct. 20, 1873, 

T.K, 



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Henry Clay Longley" {Nalmm^ Elijah^ Willimn^ Wil- 
liainl" Jolin,^ ]Villiavi;' WilUaDi'^ Richard^) m. at Winchester, 
N. H., July 28, 1865, by Rev. Oren Perkins, Addie Malvina 
Burrill, t.r., b. Fo.xcroft, Me., Oct. 31, 1845, dau. of Jacob 
Burrill and Rachel Pamelia Bennett. In early life he was in 
woolen mills, Winchester, N. H., where his father was once 
overseer. They were at Chicago, a few years after marriage, 
in employ of Hiram Longley, proprietor of the IMassasoit 
House. Later he was storekeeper at Winchester, N. H., and 
at Dana, Mass. From the latter place he was Representative 
to the State Legislature. Some years ago he retired, and they 
reside at 38 Pacific St., Fitchburg, Mass. 
38 I. Daisy Belle, b. at Dana, Nov. 15, 1881 ; she was 
stenographer in an insurance office, and lived at home. 



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Henry Lewis Burneir' (Rebecca Serena Longley.'' Elijah^' 
William!:' William;' Jolin,' William;' William:' Richard^) m. 
at California, Mich., Y&i. 7, 1868, Julia luiima Lawrence, 
b. there July 29, 1846, dau. of James Henry Lawrence and 
Mary Bronson Goodman. They were divorced. He m. (2) 
at Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1879, Wilhelmina Major, b. at 
N. Y. City, Aug. 8, 1851. They live at Seattle, Wash. (1907) 
He is a stenographic reporter. He is back in Harrisburg, 

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HIS DESCENDANTS. 

Pa., (1908-g) as ass't reporter to the Legislature, but only for 
the session — his home is still at Seattle. He graduated at 
Ann Arbor law school ; has practiced law, edited newspapers, 
and engaged in various other occupations. 

39 I- Amy Lawrence, b. at California, Mich. Oct. 9, 1S69. 

40 2. Harlan Lawrence, b. there Aug. 5, 1871 ; he is unm. 

and lives at Berwyn, near Chicago ; he is a mechanic. 

41 3- Leslie Shaw, b. at Chicago, Dec. 27, 1880, is unm. and 

lives at Seattle, Wash. (1907) — clerk in a department 
store. 

42 4. Lewis Morrill, b. there Apl 27, 1882, is unm., and 

lives (May, 1905) at West Chester, Pa., where he is 
a student at the Normal School. 

43 5- Florence, b. there Feb. 12, 1884, d. at Syracuse, N.Y., 

Dec. 20, 1887. 



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Mary Jeanette BurnelF {Rebecca Serena Longley? 
Elijah^ William^ William^ Jolin,'' William'^ William i- Richard^) 
m. at Shirley, Apl 16, 1861, David IMorrill, b. at Newport, 
N. H., Apl 15, 1833. "An Old Veteran Gone. David Morrill, 
formerly a well-known resident of this city, died of pneumonia, 
at his home in North New Salem, Franklin county, this state, 
on Friday, Nov. 4, [1904] and his remains were brought to 
this city for interment in the family lot, at the P^dson Cemetery. 
The burial was last Monday, under the care of Undertaker J. 
B. Currier. 

"Mr. Morrill was born at Newport, N. H., Apl 15, 1833, 
and was married to Miss Mary Jeanette Burnell, at Shirley, 
Mass., Apl 16, 1861. On Sep. 15 of the same year, he enlisted 
at Shirley, in company H, twenty -third reg. Mass. Inf. Vols., 
and served until mustered out, Oct. 13, 1864. Plis regiment 
served largely in North Carolina and Virginia. It had hot 
work near Richmond and Petersburg, in 1S64, and, for a time, 
constituted a part of Gen. B. F. Butler brigade. In the camps 
and trenches Mr. Morrill contracted illness, resulting in im- 
paired health throughout life. 

" For many years he was a carder at the Tremont mills, 
where he advanced to the position of overseer, and later be- 
came head of all the carding at the Tremont and Suffolk mills. 

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ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 

He resigned in 1888, and went to Clinton, but feeble health and 
advancing afje soon led him to retire from the mills altos^cther, 
and to settle on a small farm at North New Salem, where he 
and Mrs. Morrill have spent the past fifteen years. 

" They had one child, Mary Ada, born Feb. 28, 1862, at 
Lunenburg, Mass., who died in this city, Feb. 28, 1877, and 
rests in the family lot. The widow, a brother and a sister 
survive him. Mrs. Morrill is a cousin of Mrs. Edward VV. 
Thomas, in Stevens street." [Lowell Daily Courier, Nov, ii, 
1904. St'e also the issue for Nov. 8, and other city papers for 
Nov. 11]. 

"David Morrill died at his home here [New Salem], 

last Friday, aged seventy-one years, six months, twenty days. 

He was born in Newport, N. H., and for the past fourteen years, 

had lived in New Salem, with the exception of two years spent 

in Orange." [Orange Enterprise and Journal. Nov. 11, 1904.] 

He was buried under the ausprices of the G. A. R. 

43 I- Mary Ada (generally known as Ada M.), b. at Lunenburg, 

Feb. 28, 1862, d. at Lowell, Feb. 28, 1877, buried in 

Edson Cemetery, lot 49, range 59, with stone. She 

was their only child. 



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Martha Jane BurnelF {Rebecca Serena Longley^ Elijah; 
Williaiii^' William f John,'' Williani'^ William^ Richard^) m. 
at Bolton, Mass., Mch 16 [17, t.k., but as 16 was her birthday, 
it is probably correct], 1864, by Rev. Kilbum Holt (Bap.), 
Charles Richard Haven, t.r., b. Bolton, Nov. 25, 1840, son 
of Wm. Ingraham Haven and Harriet Amelia Barnes. He 
was a private in Co. E, 21st Reg. Mass. Vols. They m. 
while he was home on furlo from v/ar, and he soon returned 
to the front. They lived at Lunenburg, Fitchburg and 
Worcester, where she left him; they had one child. He 
m. again and (1905) lives in Worcester. She m. (2) Geo. 

Crosier, (3) Fred Martin (4) Clemenshaw, (5) at Brooklyn, 

Oct. 12, 1882, George Brower Heins, with whom she lived there 
until her death, Feb. 6, 1905 ; she was buried in Evergreens 
Cemetery, Brooklyn, Bethel Slope, plot 12937. They had 
no children. 

22 



HIS DESCENDANTS. 

44 I. Nellie, b, at Lunenburg, 1867, and d. at Candia, 

N. II., Apl 20, 1870, buried at Lunenburo, without 
stone, under the pines, near Dr. S. D. King's granite 
monument, in the North Yard. 



22 



Anna Florence Stanford" {Elizabeth Longley^ Elijah^ 
Williavi^ Willimn:-' John,' IVilliaiii;' Williain'^ Richard^) m. at 
Eovvell, Feb. 22, 1882, by Rev. Smith Baker (Cong'l), Edward 
WilHs Thomas, b. at Lowell, Feb. 22. 1852, son of William 
Thomas, b. at Amherst, N. H., Jan. i, 1817, d. at Lowell, Mch 
26, 1904, and Martha Ann Mitchell, b. at Litchfield, Me., Oct. 
24, 1825, d. at Lowell, Dec. 18, i860. He was with the Lowell 
Machine Shop several years; from there he was called to 
Willimantic, Ct., to superintend the construction, and then the 
running, of a new mill of the Willimantic Thread Co. ; he was 
then called to the superintendency of the Tremont and Suffolk 
Mills, at Lowell, and later succeeded to the agency; he next 
went to Columbia, S. C, to take charge of some miUs ; at 
present he is with the Consolidated Cotton Duck Co., Baltimore. 
He has been president of the N. Fl Cotton Manufacturers' 
Assn., director of banks and companies, treasurer of the Shaw 
Stocking Co., and prominent generally in cotton manufacturing 
circles. See Stanford Genealogy, p. 5of. 

He m. (i) at Portland, Me., July 9, 1876, Bessie Gertrude 
Butler, b. at Calais, Me., about May 13, 1855, d. at Lowell, 
Mch 13. 1878, buried in Edson Cemetery, with stone. By her 
he had Alice Gertrude, b. at Lowell, Je 20, 1877, d. there 
Sep. 12, 1877, buried in Edson Cemetery. 

45 I. Arthur Scott, b. at Lowell, Mch 12, 1884, graduate of 

Lowell high school and of Mass. Inst. Technology, 
class of 1906, lives, unm., at Baltimore. He is in the 
employ of the Consolidated Cotton Duck Co. 

46 2. Helen Loraine, b. at Lowell, Dec. 12, 1887, graduated, 

class of 1907, from Lowell high school, and, 1909, from 
Abbot Academy, Andover, and lives at home. 



23 

Sarah Elizabeth French' {Sarah Ann Longley^ Elijah^ 

23 



ELIJAH LONGLF.Y AND 

Williainl' IVilliam,^ John,'^ Willimn^ Willimn!; Richard^) m. at 

Lowell, Aug. II, 1884, by Rev. J. M. Greene, D.D. (Cong'l), 

Reuben Nash Maker, b. at Cutler, Me., Dec. 17, 1839, son of 

Theo. Maker, b. at Cutler, July 4, 1792, and d. there Feb. 25, 

1859, and Emma Bean Ramsdell, b, there Feb, 25, 1800, and 

d. there Dec., 1879. For some years before marriage, she was 

a teacher in the Franklin grammar school, at Lowell. They 

have always lived in, or near Lowell ; he owns a farm near 

Willow Dale. They reside at 92 Hastings St., Lowell. 

47 I- Edith French, b. at Carlisle, Mass., Sep. 10, 1885, 

graduated from Lowell high school, and lives at home, 

unm. She is a book-keeper. 



24 



George Edmund French" {Sarah Ann Longley^ Elijah'^ 
]Villiain^ Williajii,^ /o/m,'^ William^ Williauw Richard}') m. at 
Billerica, Mass., May i, 1879, by Rev. Mr. Colby, Joanna 
Eudora Proctor, b. at Carlisle, May 6, 1848. He is a farmer 
and they reside at Carlisle, beside Concord River. 

48 I- Alice Mabelle, b. at Tewksbury, Sep. 21, 1 88 1, gradu- 

ated at Lowell Normal School, and has been a teacher at 
Lowell and elsewhere ; she is unmarried. In Apl, 1909, 
she became a school-nurse at Lowell. " When school 
physicians find children in school, who are in need of 
medical attendance, a notice to that effect is sent to 
parents. Some of the latter, however, cannot read 
English, and others are too much occupied with other 
things to give the matter the attention which its import- 
ance deserves. To reach such parents the Florence 
Crittenden society has provided a school visitor, who 
interviews parents, and, when necessary, assists in secur- 
ing for children, the service which they need. The 
lady doing this work is Miss Alice M. French, a gra- 
duate of the normal and training schools, and a person 
with considerable experience in Lowell, and elsewhere, 
in similar service." 

49 2. Edmund Lewis, b. there Feb. 17, 1883; he is unm., 

a printer and lives at home. 
60 3. Edith Luella, b. there Feb. 14, 1884, m. at Carlisle, 
A])! 12, 1905, by Rev. A. Herbert Amies (Cong'l), 
Albert Wright Davis, b. there Aug. 30, 1877, son 

24 



HIS DESCENDANTS. 

of John Proctor Davis and Lucretia Steams, of 
Killerica. He is a farmer and they live at CarHsIe. 

61 4. Florence Winnifred, b. at Carlisle, Nov. 3, 1885. 

62 5- Willie Herbert, b. there Aug. 5, 1887, d. there Oct. 

5, 1887, buried there in family lot, without stone. 



30 



8 



Benjamin Franklin Longiey^" {Charles Otis^ Otis! 
Elijah^' Wiliicvn,^ Willuxnil-' Jolin,^ Williajii;' W'illiauir Richard^) 
in. at Chicago, Apl 30, 1902, by Rev. P. W. McGee (Cath.), 
Mary LaureUe Curran, t.r., b. Joliet, 111., Aug. 9, 1879, dau. 

of Patrick Curran and Margaret -. They reside at 5342 

Wentworth Av., Chicago. He is a street railway conductor. 

63 I. Francis Benjamin, b. at Chicago. Feb. 18, 1903. 



34 



Nellie May Longley" {Hiravi Wilder,'' Jonas ^ Eli/ah,'' 
William'' William^-' John,'' William;' William': Richard^) m. 
at Dayton, Ky., Nov. 21, 1893, Geo. Clarence Wallingford, 
b. at Pekin, 111., Je 6, 1868, son of VVm. Henry Wallingford 
and Nancy p:iizabeth Cummings. She was named Eleanor 
Mary, after both grandmothers, but prefers to go under the 
above style. They reside at 671 E:ast 66th St., Chicago; he 
is chief clerk in an insurance office (Atlas Fire Ins. Co.), Room 
1023, 171 Lasalle St. 

54 I. Charles Longley, b. at Chicago, Sep. 24, 1901. 

66 2. Louise, b. there Nov. 29, 1903. 



37 



Hattie Musetta Longley'" {Charles Botvers; Jonas,^ 
Elijah;' William!' WUliami' John:" Willidm;- Wdliaw,^ Rich- 
ard^) m. at Pepperell, Oct. 28, 1S96. by Eorenzo P. Blood, 
J.P., Wm. Thos. O'Brien, b. at Townscnd, Jan. 16, 1870, 
son of Michael O'Brien and Catherine Ouinn (Euncnburg t.k.). 
He is a cooper ; they live at Townsend. 

25 



ELIJAH LONGLEY AND 

56 I. Nathalie Elvira, b. there Dec. 24, 1897. 

57 2. Catherine Beatrice, b. there Oct. 2, 1899. 

58 3- Charles Michael, b. there Jan. 28, 1904. 



38 



Daisy Belle Longley^" {Henry Clay^ Nahum^ Elijah^ 
William^:' Williavi^ John,'^ William;' William: 'Richanf) m. 
at Auburndale, Mass., Apl 18, 1907, by Rev. A. W. Stanford 
(Cong'l), Matthew Joseph Fowler, b. at St. Catherines, Ont., 
May 31, 1879, son of Peter James Fowler and Mary Foley, 
He is an optician, at 171 Merk. St , Haverhill. They reside 
at 27 Brocton Av. They attend the North Cong'l Church. 

A Fitchburg paper contained the following : " Surprised 
Friends. *Miss Daisy Longley Quietly Married in Auburndale, 
Thursday Noon. Many Fitchburg people were considerably 
surprised to receive in their mail, this morning, announcements 
of the marriage of Miss Daisy B. Tongley, of this city, to 
Matthew Joseph Fowler, of Haverhill. The ceremony took 
place at Auburndale, Thursday noon, at the home of the 
bride's cousin. Rev. Arthur W. Stanford, 144 Hancock street, 
and that clergyman officiated. Immediately following the 
ceremony, which was of the most simple nature, Mr. and 
Mrs. Fowler left for New York. They will be at home, at 
"The Bartlett," in Haverhill, after May i. 

" Mr. Fowler lived in this city till within about a year, 
then moving to Haverhill, where he is engaged in the optical 
business. While here he was employed by N. C. Rublee & 
Co. Miss Longley was a clerk in the office of the Fitchburg 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and had been quite prominent 
in the affairs of the RoUstone Congregational church. 
59 I. Henry Longley, b. Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 21, 1908. 



39 



Amy Lawrence Burneir" {r/cwy Laois^ Rebecca Sere- 
na Longley,*^ lilijah: William^' William-' John^ William^ 
Williailr^ Richard^) m. at Lunenburg, Je 25, 1890, by Rev. 
Horace Parker (Cong'l), Henry Edward Davis, b. at North 
Chelmsford, Apl 25, 1869, son of Joshua F. Davis (b. Boston) 

26 



HIS DESCENDANTS. 

and Ellen M. Cunimings (b. Chelmsford), t.r. He was 
a mechanic, then a pharmacist, and (1905) steward at the 
Marine Hospital, iMemphis, Tenn. They lived at Lunenburj^ 
at the time of her death there, Aug. 22, 1893, of septic 
peritonitis from appendicitis. She was buried at Lowell, Edson 
Cemetery, lot 49, range 59, in the David Morrill lot, without 
stone. He m. (2) at VValtham, Feb. 2, 1898, by Rev. C. K. 
Harrington (Cong'l), Grace Galbraith Chamberlain, b. there 
July 2, 1873, dau. of Geo. Chamberlain (b. Boston) and I'llla 
Livermore (b. Waltham), t.r., by whom he has a son, Paul 
Chamberlain. 
60 I- Edward Lawrence, b. at Lunenburg, May 12, 1891, 
T.R. He resides at North Chelmsford, with his grand- 
parents. 



51 



Florence Winnifred French^" {George Edimmd^ Sarah 
Ann Longley^ Elijah^ ]Villiavi^' William,^ JoJui^ ]Villiam^ 
Williain^ Richard}) m. at Carlisle, Apl 12, 1905, by Rev. 
A. Herbert Armes (Cong'l), Herbert Atherton Lee, b. there 
Apl 6, 1879, son of Wm. Stearns Lee, b. at Concord, Ms., 
and Anna Maria Hill, b. at Billerica. He is a farmer and 
they reside at Carlisle. 
61 I- Arthur William, b. there May 14, 1906. 



-^amm.mCr 



27 



INDEX. 



V refers to the l-'oreword. 



Adams, Albert 




II 


Amies, Rev. A. Herbert 


24, 


27 


B 






leaker, Rev. Smith 




23 


I'.arncs, Harriet Amelia 




22 


Bartlett, Uavid 




14 


Beard, Lydia 




17 


Hennett, Rachel Pamelia 




20 


Billings, Thos., ?"sq 




14 


Blood, Lorenzo P., Esq 




25 


Bowers, Mary Dakin 




9 


Nathaniel 




9 


Bruce, Dexter 




6 


Bryant, Sarah 




9 


Burnap, Rev. Mr 




17 


Ihirnell, Amy Lawrence ... 21, 


26, 


.27 


Chauncey Lewis 




I ( 


Florence 




21 


Harlan Lawrence 




21 


Henry Lewis 12, 


, 20, 


>2I 


Julia Emma (Lawrence) ... 


19 


,20 


Leslie Shaw 




21 


Lewis Morrill 




21 


Martha Jane 


12 


,22 


Mary Jeanette 12, 


, 21 


,22 


Rebecca Serena (Longley)... 




I I 


Hurnside, (len. A. E 




20 


Burrill, Addic Malvina 




20 


Jacob 




20 


Butler, Gen. B. V 




21 


Caleb, J. I' 




I I 


Bessie Gertrude 




23 



c 

Cass, Elizabctli Rider. 

Luther 

Chamberlain, Geo. 

Grace Galbraith . 

Paul 

Chandler, Lephe... 

Wm 

Claflin, Gov. Wm. . 
Clark, Ellen Lucretia. 



to, 



II 

9 
27 
27 
27 
12 

7 

19 
II 



Clark, Timothy 

Clemenshaw 

Colby, Rev. Mr 

Crisp, Deliverance 

Crosier, Geo. ... 

Cummings, Ellen M 

Nancy Elizabeth 

Cunningham, Adjt. Gen'l Jas. A. 
Curran, .Mary Laurette 

Patrick 

Currier, J. B 

D 

Davis, Albert Wright 

Edward Lawrence 

Henry Edward 

John Proctor 

Joshua F 

Del'orest, Rev. H. P 



Farnsworth, Jonathan 

Fisher Alvan 

Fitch Zachariah 

Fletcher, Hetsey (Stone- Longley). 

Chas L 

John" 

John" 

Joshua 

Nathan 

Paul 

IVltiah 

Rebecca 

Robert 

Lieut. Timothy 

Timothy 

William 

Foley, Mary 

Foster, Rev. E. B 

prowler, Henry Longley ... ., 

Matthew Joseph 

Peter James 

French, Alfred Edgar ... . 

Alice Mabelle 

Chas. Albert 

Edith Luella • 



II 

22 

24 

1,2 

22 

27 
25 
19 
25 
25 

21 



24 

27 
26 

2S 
26 



II 



/ 
I 

.6,7. 14 

7 

■ 5. (' 

. l'-,5-7 
6 

6 

9 

7 

. I', q 

6 

. F. 5, 6 

t>, 9 
6 

26 

12 

26 
26 
26 

17 
24 

'7 

24 



29 



French, Edmund 17 

Edmund, Jr. 17 

Edmund Lewis 24 

Florence Winnifred 25, 27 

Heo. Edmund 17, 24 

Luther Alvin 17 

S. A. (Longley) S, 10 

Sarah Elizabeth 8,17,23,24 

Willie Herbert 25 

6 

Gilchrist, Geo. S 19 

Janette Elvira 19 

Goldsmith, Rev. Alfred 11 

(joodhue, fohn 7 

Nancy Locke 7 

Goodman, Mary Bronson lyi 20 

(ireene, Rev. John M. 24 

Grimes, Hannah Jane 16 



H 

Hall, Alice Ethel 
Harding, Rev. C. K. .., 
Harrington, Rev. C. E. 
Haven, Chas. Richard 

Nellie 

Wm. Ingraham ... 

Heald, Eleanor 

Heins, Geo. Brower ... 

Henry, John 

Hildreth, Jesse 

Hill, Anna Maria 
Holt, Rev. Kilburn ... 
Houghton, Deborah ... 

Howe, Ur. 

Hurd, Lydia Elvira ... 



King,lIannah(\v.of Abel Longley) 

Dr. S. D 

Knowlton, Rev. F. B 



8 
19 

27 
22 

^^ 
22 

9 

22 

5 

7 

27 
22 

3 
10 

19 



6 
23 

lO 



F^iugley, Meaning 

I.arcom, Lucy 

I,awrence, Jas. Henry 

Julia Emma 

Lee, Arthur William .. 

Herbert Atherton 

Wni. Stearns 

Lcighton, Albert 

Tyivermore, Ella ... 
I«ngley, Meaning 

Abel 



E 

14 

19. 20 

19, 20 

27 

27 

27 

7 

27 
1^- 



Longley, Albert Minot 
Albert Warren .. 
Alice Ethel (Hall) 
Benj. Franklin 
Betsey (Stone) 

Betty 

Chas. (son of Joseph) 
Chas. Albert 
Chas. Bowers 
Chas. Hiram 
Chas. Nahum 

Chas. Otis 

Daisy Belle 

Eleanor Mary 

Elijah , 

Elizabeth 
Eva Ruth 
Francis Benj. 

tieo. Hiram 

Geo. Wason« 
Hattie Musetta ... 

Henry Clay 

Hiram 

Hiram Wilder 

Ivory 

James Cass 

James Otis 

Dea. John 

Jonas 

Joseph 

I^vi 

Lydia Madeleine... 

Nahum 

Nancy Amelia 
Nellie Amelia 
Nellie May 



8 

... 7-9 

8 

... 18,25 

10, II, 13 

2 

6 

18 

9.19.20 

19 

II 

8, 18 

20, 26 

19,25 

3. 5. 6' 10 

7, 8, 10, II, 12-16 

18 

25 

20 

F 

20, 25 

10, II, 20 

20 

9.18 

5 

. ... 8, lo, II 

18 

2.3 

. ... 6,8,9,11 

6 

6 

2 

6, 8-1 1, 20 

18 

18 

25 

...6-8, 10 



Otis 

Rebecca(Munjoy)[w. of ^^'m.''] 6 

Rebecca Serena 6, 8, 11, 1 2 



Richard 

.Samuel H 

Sarah Ann 

William- 

William^ 

William-"' 

WilliamC 

\\ illiam^ (brother of Elijah) 

Wm. Edmund 

Lord, Maria Louise (Pendleton).. 

Luce, Rev. Leonard 

Lynah, Kosetta 

M 

Mackentire, Sarah 

Major, Wilhclmina 

Maker, Edith French 

Reuben Nash 



I 

6 

7,8, 10, 17, 

I 

I, 2 



3 

6 

F 
16 

7 
18 



12 

20 

24 
24 



a '1 tie name Wason comes from 'I'hos. WliitredRe Wason, who m. Sarah Longley, a niece of 
Klijah Longley, and was the founder of ihc well known Wabon's Car Shops, at Springfield; cf. p. 7, 12. 



30 



Maker, Sarah E. (French)... 

Theodore 

Marshall 

Martin, Fred 

McGee, Rev. P. W 

Mitchell, Martha Ann 
Morrill, David 

Mary Ada 

Mary J. (Burnell) 
Murdock, Lucy 



O'Brien, Catherine Beatrice 

Chas. Michael 

Michael 

Nathalie Elvira 

\Vm. Thos , 



21, 



Parker, Rev. Horace 


26 


Mary 


3 


Pattee, Ahira 


i^ 


Richard Patrick 


18 


Pearson, John 


16 


Hannah Jane 


... 16,17 


Pease, Rev. Giles, M.D. ... 


15 


Perkins, Rev. Oren 


20 


Perry, Elizabeth 


... 5>6 


Pierce, Jonathan 


... II, 14 


Prescott, Benj., Esq 


3 


Mary 


F 


Sarah 




Col. Wm 


, ... 6 


Proctor, Joanna Eudora ... 


. ... 24 


John 


14 


Lucy A 


. ... 14 


Myra A 


, ... 14 



a 



Quinn, Catherine 



R 

Ramsdell, Emma Bean 

Reed, Flleazer 

Ryan, Margaret 

Nellie 

Rev. Wm 



Sawyer, Capt. Wesley C. 

Scarle, Joel 

Seaver, Hannah 

Joshua 



8 


Seaver, I-ewis Hamlet... . 




8, 


11, 12 


24 
13 


R. S. (Burnell) ... . 
Samuel 






8 
II, 12 


22 


Spaulding, Jacob 






'3 


25 
23 


Sprague, Mary Ann ... 
Stanford, Abner 


•• 




II 
12 


2, 27 


Anna Florence 


■16, 


'7. 


22, 23 


22 


Arthur Willis.. F, 3, 6, 


14, 


16, 


17,26 


22 


Caleb 






12 


I, 12 


David 






12 




E. (Longley) ...S, 
Loren Gould, M.D. . 


10, 


II, 


14, 16 
16 




Thoniasl 






12 


26 


Thomas- 


, , 




12 


26 

2S 
26 


Wrantslow 






12-14 


Staples, Edward 






5.^ 


Stearns, Lucretia 




... 


25 


25 


Stone, Benj. Franklin... 






8 


Betsey I'", S"?. 

Gregory 

Jonas 


,10, 


II 


, 13, 14 
F 


26 


Jo.seph 

Simonl 




... 


1", <; 


3 

18 

18 


Simon- 

Simon^ ... 


... 




5 
5 


Sullivan, Michael 






13 



25 



24 

-7 
18 
18 
18 



19 
14 
12 
12 



Taylor, Rev. Edward T 9 

Nellie Emelia 18 

Thomas 18 

Thomas, Alice Gertrude 23 

Anna F. (Stanford) 16,17,22,23 

Arthur Scott 23 

Bessie Gertrude (Butler) ... 23 

Edward Willis .' ... 23 

Helen Loraine 23 

William 23 

Tuttle, Sarah 7 

u 

Underwood, Capt. Timothy ... 6 

w 

Wallingford, Chas. Longley ... 25 

(ieo. Clarence 25 

Louise 25 

Lydia 3 

\Vm. Henry 25 

Warner, Joseph n 

I\ebecca n 

Warrensford, Lydia S 

Willcox, Rev. Chas. H i^^ 

Withington, Elisha M 

Woodward, Theodore 7 

Wooley, Mary, .\nn 12 



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